Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

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Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM episodes

  • Doctrine of Giving | The Law of Tithing

    Summary:

    - In the OT tithing was a covenant man made with God to revert the curse pronounced on the earth

    - In the OT tithing was a law God established to govern his people
    - In Malachi God is asking us to test Him by giving our tithes to see if He will not pour the blessings by opening the windows of heaven
    - In the NT every time when we exchange tithe, we re-activate the covenant blessing of God that He promised to Abraham
    - When Christ died at the cross, He broke the curse of the law, but He didn't dismantle the covenant which God made with man. The covenant was made 430 years before the law was written ----more----
    - Under the new covenant, we are not obligated to give 10%, but tithing helps us to maintain a minimum level of giving
    - Under new covenant the expectation of giving varies 10% being the minimum and it can go even to 100% as God demands in some cases
    - Tithing is an act of faith that enables God to open the windows of heaven and pour supernatural blessings on us

    47 min
  • Doctrine of Giving | Unlocking the Hidden Treasure

    Summary:

    - Treasures are hidden, they are buried and they are of high value

    - Value of a treasure is much more than our total worth
    - Treasure were buried long ago, may be in your life time or in the life time of your fore fathers
    - Some of our blessings were robbed by others may be in our life time, or in the time of our forefathers
    - God is giving you the promises that He gave to King Cyrus Isaiah 45:1-3 "I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places", we need to go and unlock them
    - The hidden treasures can be unlocked by giving what belongs to God
    - The hidden treasures can be unlocked by honoring God with our possession

    40 min
  • Doctrine of Giving | A Giving God & A Giving Christian

    Summary of this sermon:

    - Any teaching on giving must begin with God

    - Everything about Christian charity revolves around the nature of our Heavenly Father
    - The reason for our giving is simply,
       - We worship a God who is a giver 
       - My God is generous, I want to be generous too 
       - I give because God expects me to give both in the OT & in the NT
    - God gave, our forefathers gave, people at the time of Jesus gave, the early church gave so I give - We serve a God who is a giver, we His followers are givers too.

    41 min
  • Christian Character | Pillar 8: Contentment

    Here is the summary of what was said:

    - Contentment is the state of being happy and satisfied

    - It is an inner sense of rest or peace that comes from being right with God
    - Discontentment takes my focus away from God
    - A mature Christian says, “I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content” 
    - Discontentment is a great loss
    - We can develop contentment by remembering the cross, forgetting the past, by living one day at a time and by doing God’s will.

    Listen to the sermon to know more about this important Christian Character.

    43 min
  • Christian Character | Pillar 7: Compassion

    - Compassion is feeling sympathy for the hurting

    - Compassion also means to suffer with Our God, who is a compassionate God. Jesus demonstrated His compassion, so we as Christians have the choice of either being like the Priest or like the Levite or like the Samaritan
    - Let showing compassion be a part of our daily life
    - The world is looking at the body of Christ to move with compassion over the crises

    Listen to the sermon to know more about compassion as a Christian Character.

    43 min
  • Christian Character | Pillar 6: Joy

    Here is the summary of what was discussed:

    - Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control

    - Joy comes by reading His word and by Holy Spirit
    - Joyous Christian has the ability to attract others
    - We can experience joy by: 
       - Realizing that joy is a gift from God
       - Relying on God
       - Having people around
       - Setting the same joy before us
       - Fighting against spiritual depression

    Listen to the sermon to really hear the voice of the Holy Spirit.

    58 min
  • Christian Character | Pillar 5: Forgiveness

    Here is the summary of the sermon:

    - Forgiveness literally means “to let go”

    - Christ forgave, we are also expected to forgive
    - We all need the gift of forgiveness
    - We are expected to forgive other unlimited time
    - Forgiveness is a powerful gift
    - Five aspects of forgiveness
    – Forgiveness of God, forgiveness of others, forgiving ourselves, forgiving God and forgiving others ----more----

    Listen to the sermon - Important! God is about to say something to you that can bring in a great deal of blessings in your life.

    52 min
  • Christian Character | Pillar 4: Love

    Summary of what was discussed:

    - Love is not feelings, emotion, attraction and liking others, but love is how we behave and treat others

    - This study is important to keep unity among believers, protect marriage & children and to show Christ to others
    - The first and the great commandment is to love God, the second one is to love your neighbor as yourself
    - Love towards God, self, family, others and the lost
    - all 5 must be presented in a Christian
    - God is going to judge us if we are not loving those who do not have Christ in them

    Listen to the sermon to well understand the topic.

    56 min

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